Oskar Schindler

others. This movie depicts the horrible atrocities of the Holocaust and how one man, Oskar Schindler, was able to rescue some jewish people who would otherwise be murdered in concentration camps. The content of the movie itself is rather depressing in the context of the Holocaust, however when you take the perspective of the amount of good depicted in the movie, the film becomes truly powerful and inspiring. Schindler helped save roughly 1,200 Jewish lives from certain death in nazi…

Bystanders and Upstanders In society, one can play two roles in situations that need to be acted upon: a bystander or an upstander. A bystander, or onlooker plays an important role in any given situation. They choose to stand by and not take action, or involve themselves in the situation in some way. An upstander will take action and include themselves in a certain circumstance. Because of this, the Bystander Effect has been developed over time from casual everyday situations to big events in…

The story of Oskar Schindler contains many acts of heroic bravery and sacrifices to save the Jewish race. There were a myriad of heros in the holocaust, and Oskar Schindler was just one of the many. Oskar Schindler was a hero of the holocaust because he saved thousands of Jews from the clutches of the Nazi rebellion. Oskar Schindler was with the germans at first, but once he saw that the men, women, and children were killed senselessly and more than he thought. More and more Jews were taken to…

Oskar Schindler, a man who was credited with saving more than one thousand Jewish lives, was a person who beyond all circumstances managed to do what no other man ever imagined possible. Society portrayed Schindler as a person who could do the unthinkable; Jewish people on the other hand saw Schindler as a gift from the heavens. If there would have been more people like Schindler then many more Jewish lives would have been saved. Schindler spent over two million dollars on rescuing Jews and…

Oskar Schindler, was not your typical hero that fought for his beliefs. Instead he was an imperfect man. He was an alcoholic, gambler, and a lady's man. At the beginning of World War 2 Schindler moved to Poland because he saw a chance of a new opportunity. He would open his factory employ Jews at starvation wages. This was his chance to become a successful millionaire! Schindler( Liam Neeson) likes to dress fancy and attend night clubs weekly to get on the good side of people. He buys Nazi…

the Jews (especially Schindler’s Jews) gain some control. A major event that portrays the fact of the Jews gaining control is when Schindler’s Jews get sent to Auschwitz on accident. The women stand up to the Nazi’s and tell them “we work for Oskar Schindler” in order to gain back their sense of safety and protection.…

numerous shocks and twists throughout. The film follows the main character Oskar Schindler as he encounters the realities of being a war profiteer during WWII. But during the key sequence the ‘Liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto’ he undergoes a pivotal change as he watches the events unfold with a birds-eye-view. The sequence opens with close-up shots of Amon Goeth and Oskar…

Oskar Schindler was a businessman who use the war as a way to make money but he so realize that he was saving Jewish lives. In the scene, when they were spraying water at the cattle cars where the Jew were. The Nazis generals thought that Schindler was giving the Jews false hope but in reality by spraying water that them, he was giving the Jews hope to live on. In another scene, Schindler was bribing the commander of the concentration camp to…

films about the Holocaust, telling the amazing story of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi factory owner that saved thousands of Jews from persecution during the Holocaust. Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film, Schindler’s List, depicts the actions of one man who risked everything. I believe that the Holocaust is something that is so very important to learn about, discuss, and contemplate, in order to ensure it never happens again. I chose to watch…

Steven Spielberg’s impeccable capturing of the Holocaust makes viewers feel as though they are in Schindler’s List. Liam Neeson delivers an extraordinary performance in the title role of Oskar Schindler, the Catholic German businessman, who initially exploited Krakow Jews and later became their friend, protector, and savior from the Nazis. Spielberg made sure that neither he nor the Holocaust will ever be thought of in the same way again. Schindler’s List is a masterpiece with astonishing…